Laundry soap

Sorry this has taken me so long. My pictures are acting funky and I can't rearrange them so they are backwards. Sorry. Here is the recipe that I got from this site:

Water
1/3 bar of Fels Naptha Soap (or my favorite - Zote soap)
1/2 cup washing soda (NOT baking soda - look in the detergent aisle)
1/2 cup Borax
A bucket that will hold at least 2 gallons

Grate the soap. I use my cheese grater.
In separate bowl, mix together washing soda and borax.
Mix fels naptha or zote with about three pints of water in a saucepan. Heat on low until dissolved.
Stir in washing soda and Borax. Stir until thickened and remove from heat.
Add 1 quart of hot water to bucket.
Add soap mixture and stir well. Fill bucket with hot water until you have about two gallons. Mix well again.
Let set 24 hours, or until thickened.

It will be funky goopy. I use a big spoon to stir it up and then (plan to) use a funnel to pour it into an old detergent container. I use 1/2 cup per load.

That is the recipe. I bought a 5 gallon bucket and etched a notch at 2 gallons. That way I have plenty of room for everything and I don't have to measure the water everytime, just fill to the line.
I somehow misplaced the old laundry soap container I was saving, so have left it in the 5 gallon tub. That was a mistake as it didn't have a lid so the water is evaporating. Next time I will be putting it in an old laundry container for sure. I also forgot to figure out how many loads I got from this. Most sites I have checked say they get about 70 loads. I spent $2.99 on Borax, $1.23 on Fels Naptha, $3.19 on Washing Soda. Plus $4.99 for the bucket and I can't remember how much the funnel cost but around $2. That equals: $14.40. The fels naptha will go toward 2 more loads as you only use a 1/3 and the borax and washing soda will go towards numerous loads. Someone else has done the math and it came out to .70 cents for a batch. That is 1 cent a load. I don't know about you but I like Tide and it is something like $22 for a container at Costco and it is about 120 loads so 18 cents a load. That is a big difference.
I am not sure about the Fels Naptha. I am not a big fan of the scent and most sites seem to really like Zote soap but I couldn't find it. Someone said they found it in Target so I will keep looking. All of the items can be found in the laundry aisle.
Let me know what you think. Apparently you can also use a bar of Ivory soap but I haven't tried that and some people use one of those hand held emulsion mixers (I think that is what it is called) to blend it really well so it isn't so goopy. I might try that next time.